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A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia This page intentionally left blank A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia Richard T. Gray, Ruth V. Gross, Rolf J. Goebel, and Clayton Koelb GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A Franz Kafka encyclopedia / Richard T. Gray . . . [et al.] p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-30375-4 (alk. paper) 1. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. 2. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924—Encyclopedias. 3. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924—Criticism and interpretation. 4. Authors, Austrian—20th century—Biography. I. Gray, Richard T. PT2621.A26Z7173 2005 833'.914—dc22 2005006188 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2005 by Richard T. Gray, Ruth V. Gross, Rolf J. Goebel, and Clayton Koelb All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005006188 ISBN: 0-313-30375-4 First published in 2005 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21 Contents Alphabetical List of Entries vii Categorized List of Entries xxi Alphabetical List of English Titles and Names xxxv Preface xliii The Encyclopedia 1 Selected Bibliography 311 Index 333 About the Authors 345 This page intentionally left blank Alphabetical List of Entries A (in "Eine alltagliche Verwirrung") 1 Eine altere Frau (An Elderly Woman in Der Procefi) 11 Abraham 1 "Ein altes Blatt" ("An Old Absurd 2 Manuscript") 11 "Die Abweisung" (The Refusal") 2 Der alte Schakal (The Eldest Jackal "Die Abweisung" ("Rejection") 4 in "Schakale und Araber") 13 "Die Aeroplane in Brescia" ("The Altneusynagoge (The Old-New Airplanes at Brescia") 4 Synagogue) 13 Aestheticism 5 Altstadter Gymnasium 13 Der Agent (The Agent in "Das Amalia (in Das Schlofi) 13 Ehepaar") 6 Amerika (Der Verschollene; The Die Aktion 6 Castaway) 14 Albert (in Der Procefi) 6 Amtliche Schriften (Occupational Alchimistengasse 6 Writings) 14 Alexander the Great (Alexander Der Angeklagte (The Defendant in of Macedonia) 7 Der Procefi) 14 Alexander of Macedonia. See Animals 15 Alexander the Great (Alexander Anna (in Der Procefi) 16 of Macedonia) 7 Anna (in "Die Verwandlung") 16 Alfred (in "Blumfeld, ein alterer Annerl (in "Beschreibung eines Junggeselle") 7 Kampfes") 16 Allegory 7 Antihero 16 "Allgemeine Bemerkungen zur Aphorism 17 Gebarung im Jahre 1914" ("General Remarks on Management Der Araberfiihrer (Arabian Caravan in the Year 1914") 8 Leader in "Schakale und Araber") 18 "Eine alltagliche Verwirrung" ("A Common Confusion") 8 Arbeiter-Unfall-Versicherungs- Anstalt fur das Konigreich Allusion 10 Bohmen (The Workers' Accident Der alte Kommandant (The Old Insurance Institute for the Commandant in "In der Kingdom of Bohemia) 18 Strafkolonie") 11 "Die Arbeiterunfallversicherung Altenberg, Peter 11 und die Unternehmer" Ein alter Diener (An Old Servant in ("Workers' Accident Insurance Der Verschollene) 11 and Employers") 19 An English-German key is provided on page xxxv. viii Alphabetical List of Entries "Die Arbeiter-Versicherung und die Bedienerin (Servant Woman in "Das Unternehmer" ("Workers' Urteil") 31 Insurance and Employers") 19 Die Bedienerin (The Cleaning Arkadia 19 Woman in "Die Verwandlung") 32 Artur (in Das Schlofi) 19 "Bei den Toten zu Gast" ("A Guest Assicurazioni Generali 20 of the Dead") 32 Assmann (in "Der Schlag ans "Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer" ("The Great Wall of China") 32 Hoftor") 20 "Der Aufbruch" ("The Departure") 20 Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer: Ungedruckte Erzahlungen und "Auf der Galerie" ("Up in the Prosa aus dent Nachlafi 34 Gallery") 21(cid:13)(cid:10)(cid:13)(cid:10)(cid:13)(cid:10) "Der Aufruf' ("The Appeal") 22 Der Bekannte (The Acquaintance in "Beschreibung eines Kampfes") 35 Der Aufseher (The Overseer in "Ein Hungerkunstler") 22 "Belustigungen oder Beweis dessen, daft es unmoglich ist zu leben" Der Aufseher (The Inspector in Der ("Diversions, or Proof That It Is Procefi) 22 Impossible to Live") 35 "Der Ausflug ins Gebirge" ("Excursion into the Mountains") 22 Bendelmayer (in "Der Heizer" and "Die Auskunft." See "Ein Der Verschollene) 35 Kommentar" ("A Commentary"/ Bendemann, Georg (in "Das Urteil") 35 "Give It Up!") 23 Bendemann Senior (in "Das Urteil") 35 Der Auskunftgeber (The Information Ben-Tovim, Puah 35 Officer in Der Procefi) 23 Berchtold, Therese (in Der "Aus Matlarhaza" ("From Matliary") 23 Verschollene) 35 Autobiography 23 Bergmann, (Samuel) Hugo 36 B (in "Eine alltagliche Verwirrung") 25 "Ein Bericht fur eine Akademie" Bachelorhood 25 ("A Report to an Academy") 36 Badeni, Kasimir 25 Bertold (in Der Procefi) 37 Balzac, Honore de 26 Bertuch (in Das Schlofi) 37 Bar-Kochba 26 "BBeretsucchhr e(iibn uDnags eSincheslo Kfi)a mpfes" 37 Barnabas (in Das Schlofi) 26 "Beschreibung eines Kampfes" 37 Barnabas Familie (The Barnabas "Beschreibung eines Kampfes" Family in Das Schlofi) 26 Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen, Skizzen, Aphorismen "Der Bau" ("The Burrow") 27 aus dem Nachlafi 39 Bauer, Anna (nee Danziger) 28 "Die besitzlose Arbeiterschaft" Bauer, Carl 29 ("Commune of Workers without Property") 40 Bauer, Erna 29 Bess (in Der Verschollene) 40 Bauer, Felice 29 "Ein Besuch im Bergwerk" ("A Visit Bauer, Ferdinand (Ferry) 31 to a Mine") 40 Baum, Oskar 31 Der Beter (The Supplicant in "Die Baume" ("The Trees") 31 "Beschreibung eines Kampfes") 41 Die Bedienerin (The Maid in "Bei Betrachtung (Meditation) 41 den Toten zu Gast") 31 Bedienerin (Charwoman in "Blumfeld, "Betrachtung" ("Meditation") 42 ein alterer Junggeselle") 31 "Betrachtungen" ("Meditations") 43 An English-German key is provided on page xxxv. Alphabetical List of Entries ix "Betrachtungen iiber Stinde, Leid, Brunswick, Otto (I n Das Schlofi) 57 Hoffnung und den wahren Weg" Buber, Martin 57 ("Meditations on Sin, Pain, Hope, and the True Way") 43 Die Bucklige (The Hunchbacked Girl in Der Procefi) 58 Der Betrunkene (The Drunk in "Beschreibung eines Kampfes") 44 Der Bureauchef (The Department Head in Das Schlofi) 58 Betty (in "Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande") 44 Bureaucracy 58 Biirgel (in Das Schlofi) 59 Bilekgasse 10 45 Der Bursche mit der zerfressenen Blei, Franz 45 Nase (The Boy with the Bloch, Grete 45 Ulcerated Nose in Der Block, Herr Rudi (in Der Procefi) 45 Verschollene) 60 Blumfeld (in "Blumfeld, ein alterer Burstner, Fraulein (in Der Procefi) 60 Junggeselle") 45 Butterbaum, Franz (in "Der Heizer" "Blumfeld, ein alterer Junggeselle" and Der Verschollene) 60 ("Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor") 46 Butterford (in Der Verschollene) 60 Bohemia 47 Cafe Arco 61 Der Bootsmann (The Boatman in Cafe Central 61 "Der Jager Gracchus") 48 Cafe Continental 61 Der Bote (The Messenger in "Eine kaiserliche Botschaft") 48 Cafe Francois 61 Brandenfeld, Frieda (in "Das Urteil") 48 Cafe Louvre 62 Bratmeier (in Das Schlofi) 48 Cafe Savoy 62 Der Brenner 48 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 62 Brentano, Franz Clemens 48 Charlottenstrafte (in "Die Verwandlung") 62 "Brief an den Vater" ("Letter to His Father" or "Dearest Father") 49 Der Chef (The Boss in "Die Verwandlung") 63 Briefe 1902-1924 (Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors) 50 Der Chinesische Historiker (The Chinese Historian in "Beim Bau Briefe an Felice (Letters to Felice) 51 der chinesischen Mauer") 63 Briefe an Milena (Letters to Milena) 52 Chotekpark 63 Briefe an Ottla und die Familie (Letters to Ottla and the Family) 53 Civilschwimmschule (The Civilian Swimming School) 63 Brod, Elsa Taussig 53 Clam-Gallas Castle 63 Brod, Max 53 Clayton (in Der Verschollene) 63 Brod, Otto 54 Colonialism 63 "Die Brucke" ("The Bridge") 54 Comtesse Isabella (Countess Isabella Bruder (Brother, a horse in "Ein in "Der Gruftwachter") 64 Landarzt") 55 Conversation Slips. See "Ein Brudermord" ("A Fratricide") 55 Gesprachsblatter (Conversation Brummer, Johanna (in "Der Heizer" Slips) 64 and Der Verschollene) 56 Cruster, Frau (in "Verlockung Brunelda (in Der Verschollene) 56 im Dorf') 64 Brunswick, Frau (in Das Schlofi) 57 Dame mit einer Pelzboa (Woman with Brunswick, Hans (in Das Schlofi) 57 a Fur Boa in ' 'Die Verwandlung") 65 An English-German key is provided on page xxxv.

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